PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Giant Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cray Stout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stout has chosen ¨LONG HARD TIMES TO COME as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tank
vs
Stout

190 cm
23
205 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

184 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

World class boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Giant Tank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cray Stout!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stout tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tank counters with a three punch combo that has Stout backing up. Stout nods at Tank to acknowledge the strikes.
Tank seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Tank misses with a wild combination.
Tank misses with a series of wild punches.
Tank misses with a series of wild punches.

Stout closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Tank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stout throws a right hand that Tank ducks under and follows up with a left that Tank also avoids with ease.
Stout tries to clinch but Tank is having none of it.
Stout ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tank moves away.
Stout darts in trying to clinch
and Tank counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stout misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tank looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tank circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tank counters with a series of strikes. Stout will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tank misses with a series of wild punches.
Tank lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Stout throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tank.
Stout is looking to clinch but Tank is avoiding it.
Tank missing with a left hand there. Stout was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stout gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stout fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stout tries to clinch but fails miserably

and before Stout can reset, Tank rushes him with a swarm of punches, sending him crashing to the floor, in all sorts of trouble! Stout is trying to beat the count but we're up to 6 already and he's nowhere near. 7,8... he's up! He's going to continue!
Tank swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stout misses with a two punch combination.
Stout wants to clinch
and Tank counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight stays on the outside here - Stout looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tank swinging wildly here.
Stout tries a head kick but it misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Tank scores with a four punch combination!
Stout fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Stout there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stout misses with a few strikes there.
Stout misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stout misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Tank does no damage.
Stout closes the distance looking to clinch
and as Stout takes a moment to reset, Tank counters with a massive combo! Right, left, right! Stout goes down! He's in big trouble, can he recover? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10. He's out! Tank is your winner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Giant Tank!
After the fight, Giant Tank was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.